SCORES AND POSITIONS AT LADYBANK GOLF CLUB

ADAM FISHER LEADS PAUL LAWRIE 

JUNIOR JUG BY FIVE SHOTS 


MICHAEL MACDOUGALL REPORTS

Forty players made the cut after two rounds of the Paul Lawrie Foundation Junior Cup boys' tournament at Ladybank Golf Club, Fife today.

They will play the third and final round from 7.55am Sunday morning in two-ball pairings.

Adam Fisher is the clear leader overnight after  two sub-par rounds (68 and 69) whilst Conor Toal from Old Ranfurly shot a best-of-the-day 67 (-4) coming home in 31 shots (-4).

Defending champion Murray Naysmith is six shots behind Adam – a Paul Lawrie Foundation supported player.

TWO-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
Adam Fisher 68 + 69 137
Conor Toal 75 + 67 142
Murray Naysmith 74 + 69 143
Joe Bryce 75 + 70 145
Kieran Cantley 73 + 72 145
Calum Fyfe 71 + 74 145
Alex Chalk 71 + 74 145
Fraser Davren 73 + 73 146
Calvin Cheyne 74 + 73 147
Stuart Easton 75 + 73 148
Michael Brodie 74 + 74 148
Will Porter 73 + 75 148
James Wilson 72 + 76 148
Ben Ferguson 77 + 72 149
Robbie Kemsley 76 + 73 149
Innes Ferguson 74 + 75 149
Gavin Petrie 71 + 78 149
Duncan McNeil 78 + 72 150
Paul Dorrian 78 + 72 150
Darren Howie 76 + 74 150
Niall McMullen 74 + 76 150
Cameron C Black 80 + 71 151
Lewis Bain 76 + 75 151
Mark Napier 72 + 79 151
Alasdair McDougall 78 + 74 152
Alasdair Ross 74 + 78 152
Stuart Irving 72 + 80 152
Fraser Kane 78 + 75 153
Brad Bannerman 75 + 78 153
Callum Burns 81 + 73 154
Robert Watson 79 + 75 154
Dylan Smith 77 + 77 154
Cameron Fraser 77 + 77 154
Aidan Fortune 77 + 77 154
Callum Cochrane 76 + 78 154
Ellis Hart 75 + 79 154
Arran Sinclair 74 + 80 154
Connor Good 78 + 77 155
Kyle Reid 78 + 77 155
Marc Watt 77 + 78 155
MISSED THE CUT
Andrew Ni 80 + 76 156
Andrew Benson 79 + 77 156
Alastair Thurlow 78 + 78 156
Rory Brunton 78 + 78 156
Ryan Thompson 78 + 78 156
Ray Gordon 77 + 79 156
Paul Delaney 75 + 81 156
Aidan Smith 77 + 80 157
Alex Simpson 76 + 81 157
David Rudd 75 + 83 158
Jack Valentine 75 + 83 158
Ryan McKinnon 77 + 82 159
Colin Edgar 77 + 82 159
Jack McVey 81 + 79 160
Sandy Shackles 80 + 80 160
Isaac Alexander 85 + 76 161
Ben Henderson 84 + 77 161
Lorne Ross 83 + 78 161
John Paterson 83 + 79 162
Alistair McNaughton 82 + 80 162
Euan Munro 84 + 79 163
Ross White 85 + 79 164
Cameron Campbell 87 + 78 165
Andrew McColl 83 + 83 166
Michael Schinkel 81 + 86 167
Jack Currie 88 + 81 169
Thomas Foster 88 + 81 169
Kieran Spence 84 + 87 171
Gregor Munro 83 + 88 171

SOUTH AFRICAN VISITOR IN CLOSE ATTENDANCE

ROBB LEADS EAST OF SCOTLAND OPEN

BY ONE AT HALFWAY STAGE
 
Chris Robb (Meldrum House) leads at the halfway stage of the East of Scotland Open at Lundin Golf Club.
Robb, who played on the US college circuit for the last four years as a student at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, had rounds of 67 and 67 for 36-hole tally of 133, nine under par.
In second place is South African Martin Rohwer with 71 and 63 - the lowest of the tournament - for 134, one of the pace.
The first two have opened up a gap over their nearest challengers - second-placed Rohwer is four shots ahead of the pair in third place.
Leven Golf Society's Brian Soutar and first-round leader Josh Jamieson (St Andrews) are sharing third place on 138. Soutar shot 71 anbd 67, Jamieson 66 and 72.
Liberton's Anthony Blaney is lying sixth on 139 (70-69). 
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71) CSS 72 72
133 Chris Robb (Meldrum House0 67 66
134 Martin Rohwer (S Africa) 71 63
138 Brian Soutar (Leven GS) 71 67, Josh Jamieson (St Andrews New) 66 72. 
139 Anthony Blaney (Liberton) 70 69, 
140 Nick Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 69 71, Dan Lawrence (Ballumbie Castle) 69 71, Lawrence Allan (Alva) 67 73
141 Ronnie Clark (Erskine) 70 71, Lewis Bain (Turnhouse) 69 72
142 Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire) 76 66, Jeff Wright (Forres) 71 71 , Daniel Kay (Dunbar) 70 72
143 Chris Low (Tantallon) 72 71, William Bremner (Edzell) 71 72, Ross Campbell (Falkirk) 68 75.
144 John Mathers (Haggs Castle) 75 69, Robert Johnson (Helensburgh) 73 71, Alasdair McDougall (Elderslie) 70 74, Greg Watson (Dunaverty) 70 74
145 Christopher Maclean (Balmore) 73 71, Alex Moir (Thornton) 71 74, Greg Smail (Craigielaw) 70 75.
146 William Kerr (Craigielaw) 77 69, Mark Anderson (Leven Th) 75 71, Greg Wishart (Lundin) 73 73, Paul Reilly (Kilmacolm) 72 74, Stewart Whiteford (Lundin) 72 74, Kyle Godsman (Moray) 71 75, George Burns (Williamwood) 71 75, Malcolm Pennycott (Whiting Bay, Arran) 71 75
147 John Douglas (Aberdour) 73 74
148 Andrew Campbell (Dumbarton) 76 72, Angus Carrick (Douglas Park) 74 74, Tom Spencer (Meldrum House) 74 74, Scott Grant (Downfield) 73 74, Conor Neil (Blairgowrie) 73 75
149 Fraser Moore (Glenbervie) 78 71, David Mitchell (Leven Th) 77 72, Kenny Gallacher (East Kilbride) 75 74
MISSED THE CUT
150 Oliver Roberts (Hong Kong) 80 70, Tom Watson (S Africa) 77 73, John Duff (Newmachar) 69 81, Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire Co) 72 78.
151 Andrew Davidson (Charleton) 80 71, Alan Sutherland (Ladybank) 78 73, James Bunch (Prestwick)  74 77
152 Matthew Miller (Lundin) 76 76, Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) 76 76, David Wilson (Troon Welbeck) 82 71, Ben Murray (Potlethen) 78 75, Steven Meiklejohn (Lundin) 75 78, Greg Forrester (Lundin) 74 79, Ross Brydon (Bruntsfield Links) 73 80
154 Sandy Scott (Nairn)  74 80
155 Calum McAndrew (Germany) 82 73, Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 75 80
156 Ewan Davidson (Charleton) 77 79
158 Jordan Shaw (Boat of Garten) 78 80
160 Ross McEwan (Troon Welbeck) 81 79, Jake Hogg (St Andrews New) 81 79, Fraser Thain (West Linton) 79 81
170 Maurice de L'isle (Aruba) 82 88
No Returns
Ryan White (Leven GS) 73 NR, Alistair Hain (St Andrews) 74 NR, Mathew Clark (Kilmacolm) 76 NR, Calum MacDougall (Scoonie) 84 NR
 

LARRAZABAL LEADS BY THREE BUT IT'S A CROWDED SCOREBOARD

 CRAIG LEE FOUR OFF THE LEE IN 

  GERMANY AT 13-UNDER-PAR 203

EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS REPORT
Pablo Larrazábal will take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the BMW International Open but will have to produce another flawless display to hold of an intimidating chasing pack that includes World Number Two Henrik Stenson, Race to Dubai leader Thomas Björn, Paul Casey, Robert Karlsson and Francesco Molinari.
Larrazábal, who won this event in 2011, carded a 67 at Gut Lärchenhof near Cologne to move to 17 under during a disruptive third round that included a lightning delay and that earlier in the day had seen remarkable rounds of nine under 63 and ten under 62  from Casey and Richard Green who moved to 13 and 14 under respectively.
Green is one of the eight-strong group in a tie for second place, alongside Stenson (66), Björn (66), Karlsson (68), Molinari (65), Emiliano Grillo (70), Rafa Cabrera Bello (70) and Carlos Del Moral (66).
With more inclement weather forecast for Sunday, tournament organisers have been forced to schedule the final round as a two-tee start at 07:00 in an effort to finish before forecasted storms hit Gut Lärchenhof.
Key Quotes
Pablo Larrazábal: I'm going shot by shot, you know, hole-by-hole and trying to make as many birdies as I can, and as little mistakes as I can. Today, you know, I hit a couple weird drives but they happened at the right times so I could keep my momentum going. There's many, many hours to spend before teeing off tomorrow and a lot can happen but I feel good and we will see what happens tomorrow.
Henrik Stenson: This is as close a leaderboard as I've ever seen. There are so many guys shooting low numbers.  Obviously the course is set up for a lot of birdies, but it's going to be a day tomorrow where the lead can change hands more than once. So it's good to move into contention a bit more.  You've got to shoot low if you want to have anything to do with the trophy I think.  We'll just try and make a few good putts tomorrow and try to keep playing reasonably well.  My back wasn't feeling too great today, so I'm going to go and get some treatment from that now and hopefully that feels better tomorrow.

THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
199 P Larrazábal (Esp) 69 63 67
202 R Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 64 68 70; T Björn (Den) 70 66 66; H Stenson (Swe) 68 68 66; R Karlsson (Swe) 68 66 68; R Green (Aus) 72 68 62; C Del Moral (Esp) 68 68 66; E Grillo (Arg) 66 66 70; F Molinari (Ita) 71 66 65
203 C Lee (Sco) 69 65 69; J Dantorp (Swe) 68 68 67; A Levy (Fra) 70 67 66; D Willett  (Eng) 64 68 71; J Donaldson (Wal) 71 67 65; P Casey  (Eng) 73 67 63; G Havret  (Fra) 71 65 67; A Cejka (Ger) 68 66 69; O Fisher  (Eng) 72 66 65
204 M Foster (Eng) 70 69 65; M Hoey  (Nir) 66 69 69; P Waring  (Eng) 72 63 69; S Dyson  (Eng) 69 66 69; R Wattel  (Fra) 67 68 69; F Zanotti (Par) 72 67 65
205 G Stal  (Fra) 66 69 70; T Jaidee (Tha) 71 66 68; A Hansen (Den) 66 72 67; M Nixon (Eng) 69 67 69; S Lowry  (Irl) 67 68 70; E Goya (Arg) 72 67 66
206 C Wood  (Eng) 70 70 66; J Kruger (RSA) 72 65 69; G Bhullar (Ind) 67 70 69; J Walters (RSA) 71 69 66; T Hatton (Eng) 69 67 70; A Wall (Eng) 69 69 68
207 N Elvira  (Esp) 67 68 72; W Ormsby (Aus) 71 67 69; M Jiménez (Esp) 67 67 73; S Garcia  (Esp) 71 66 70; M Kieffer (Ger) 69 71 67; A Cañizares  (Esp) 70 67 70; J Carlsson (Swe) 68 72 67; J Heath  (Eng) 75 65 67; M Madsen  (Den) 70 68 69
208 J Quesne  (Fra) 71 68 69; E Pepperell (Eng) 72 64 72; G Storm  (Eng) 66 73 69; S Walker (Eng) 67 69 72; D Drysdale (Sco) 72 68 68; T Fleetwood  (Eng) 70 69 69; J Campillo (Esp) 67 71 70; B Grace  (RSA) 67 67 74; J Hansen  (Den) 70 70 68
209 A Gee  (Eng) 71 69 69; M Siem  (Ger) 70 66 73; M Korhonen (Fin) 69 71 69; V Dubuisson  (Fra) 71 69 69; A Saddier (Fra) 70 70 69
210 J Knutzon (USA) 70 69 71; A Sullivan (Eng) 66 69 75; D Im (USA) 68 70 72
211 T Lewis (Eng) 67 72 72; A Hartø  (Den) 68 66 77; R Fisher (Eng) 70 70 71; M Ilonen  (Fin) 68 72 71; D McGrane (Irl) 69 71 71; M Röhrig (am) (Ger) 73 67 71
213 J Daly (USA) 70 67 76

EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS

WALKER' STRONG FINISH EARNS HIM JUST OVER £1,000 ON HOLIDAY TRIP

THREE TIE FOR BATHGATE PRO-AM 

VICTORY WITH SIX-UNDER 65s

Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf), Christopher Currie (Caldwell) and Kenny Walker (Castle Park) tied for victory on the six-under-par 65 mark at today's (Sat) £7,250 Bathgate Golf Club pro-am.

Fox had seven birdies and one bogey, Currie an eagle 3, five birdies and also one bogey, while Walker, on his usual summer golfing holiday back home from his Thailand base, birdied four in a row from the 14th to get in the mix.

They each won £1,073.
It was Currie's third win on the Tartan Tour this season but a first for Walker and, surprisingly, also a first for Fox, despite his big number of top 10 finishes.
Mark King (Kingsfield) led the Grange Building Services trio of Gary stephen (handicap 17), Bernard Mulherron (17) and BrianPugman (5) to victory in the pro-am team event with a net score of 57.
Two other teams, led by pros Jonathan Sharp and Chris McMaster, also finished on 14-under-par 57 but King's team had the best inward half.
King, playing for the first time in 10 days following a slipped disc, had a No Return due to a lost ball at one hole. He decided not to walk back to the tee and play another one.
But the Kingsfield man was able to continue as a team member to contribute to the score.
 

 PRO SCORES

par 71

65 Kenny Walker (Castle Park), Christopher Currie (Caldwell), Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) £1,073 each.

66 Louis Gaughan (Bathgate), £603

67 Ross Dixon (Renaissance), £483

68 Keir McNicoll (Gullane). £402

69 Alan Tait (Marriott Dalmahoy), Jonathan Sharp (Carrick on Loch Lomond), Paul O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), Colin Gillies (Kingsfield), James McKinnon (Irvine), £265 each.

70 Neil Fenwick (Dunbar), £187
71 Calum Lawson (Wellsgreen), David Orr (Mearns Castle), Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle), Chris Kelly (Cawder), Jonathan Lomas (Caprington), £134 each.
72  Norman Huguet (Musselburgh), Scott Henderson (Kings Links), £42 each.
73 Chris McMaster (Panmure), Scott Catlin (Greenburn), Anthony Mackrell (Playsport Golf), Craig Ronald (Carluke)), Gareth Haqrdy (Belleisle)
74 Stephen Craig (Craig Golf), Stephen Gray (Hayston)
75 Scott Gillespie (Burntisland), Andrew Marshall (Houston GR), Scott Herald (Mearns Castle), Chris Tierney (Carrick on Loch Lomond).
76 Ryan Buckley (Royal Musselburgh), Lee Vannet (Craibstone), Andrew Munro (Elie SC), Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre)
77 Gordon Law (Uphall), Graeme Brown (Montrose Links)
78 Emma Fairnie (Gullane), Craig Gordon (Edinburgh GC), David Nicol (Dundonald Links), Iain Stoddart (Uphall)
 
 

SCOTTISH HYDRO CHALLENGE HOST BY MACDONALD HOTELS

JOHNSTON LEADS BY TWO GOING INTO 

FINAL ROUND AT AVIEMORE
EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS REPORT
Englishman Andrew Johnston extended his lead at Aviemore to two shots heading into the final round of the Scottish Hydro Challenge hosted by Macdonald Hotels and Resorts, but he has two-time winner Moritz Lampert on his tail as the German aims to emulate the achievement of last year’s champion Brooks Koepka. 

Johnston, chasing a maiden title, entered ‘moving day’ one shot clear of a leaderboard packed full of former European Tour and Challenge Tour winners, but the 25 year old displayed the composure of a seasoned veteran as he battled it out with his compatriot Jason Barnes in the final group.

The two countrymen exchanged the lead numerous times in an enthralling front nine but as Barnes stumbled to three bogeys in the space of four holes around the turn, Johnston remained steady and birdied the 16^th and 17^th to move to 14 under par at the pristine Macdonald Spey Valley Golf Club.

Barnes is still well in the hunt though, second place on 12 under alongside Australia’s Terry Pilkadaris and Lampert, who could become the second successive winner of the Scottish Hydro Challenge to earn automatic promotion to The European Tour thanks to a third title of the season.
Johnston just wants to stay focussed on his own game, however, and enjoy his first experience of leading on Sunday on the Challenge Tour, especially given the crowds that turned out to watch him on day three.

“I just have to go out there and play, do my best, and see what happens,” said the Londoner, who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2011. “There’s nothing else you can do.

“It was a good day today. My objective was to just stay up there on top so I’m happy with that. I prepared well before this, I had a good week to practise and prepare for this tournament and that has been key.

“This is definitely an event I looked at in my schedule and thought I could do well in. The course suits my game and I like the area so it’s always a really good week. I really like it in Scotland.

“I think this is the first time I've gone into a final round leading. It’s exciting but a bit nerve-wracking. You want to be there though, you want to play in that final group. That’s why you play so I'm looking forward to it.
“There were some good crowds out there and it’s nice when you’re playing well - they applaud your shots and cheer you on. It was really nice support.”
Lampert moved firmly into contention for a career-changing victory courtesy of the best round of the day at the spectacular highlands venue, in the resort town of Aviemore, as he signed for a flawless six under par 65.
While he is well aware of the hype that is surrounding his title chase among the Scottish media and beyond, the 22 year old is just delighted to have given himself a chance and is feeling confident he can follow in the footsteps of American Koepka, who has since gone on to become one of the hottest prospects in world golf after a top five finish in the US Open Championship recently.

“Of course everybody is asking me about it,” said Lampert, who is attached to European Tour Destination Golf Club St Leon-Rot. 
“But there’s not much I can do except give my best and prepare the same way. I'm going to practise a little now and get some rest this afternoon and have a good meal and see what happens tomorrow.

“The only thing I could do today was just put myself into contention and I managed to do that. I don’t know what the weather is going to be like or how the course will set up. There are so many different things that can make it more difficult but all I can do is just try my best and see where I end up.

“Of course it would be great to win tomorrow but we’ll see what happens. I'm really looking forward to it, I always look forward to playing golf but being in contention on the last day is amazing. I'm playing well and I feel good so I don’t have anything to worry about. I just want to get out there."

Lampert’s compatriot Florian Fritsch signed for a five under par 66 to move to within three shots of the lead, having been just missed out on a first Challenge Tour title last week, when he was beaten in a play-off by Englishman William Harrold at the Belgian Challenge Open.
He was joined on 11 under par by England’s Jamie Elson, Spaniard Xavier Guzman and Bjorn Åkesson of Sweden, while former European Tour winner Maarten Lafeber of the Netherlands, 2014 Turkish Airlines Challenge winner Oliver Farr and Scot Greig Hutcheon were joined in a share of ninth place by Frenchman Edouard Espana.
THIRD-ROUND SCOREBOARD
par 213 (3x71)

199 A Johnston (Eng) 66 65 68 201 M Lampert (Ger) 69 67 65, J Barnes (Eng) 65 67 69, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 66 67 68
202 X Guzman (Esp) 70 64 68, B Åkesson (Swe) 67 67 68, J Elson  (Eng) 68 67 67, F Fritsch  (Ger) 69 67 66
203 M Lafeber (Ned) 70 67 66, O Farr (Wal) 68 67 68, E Espana (Fra) 66 68 69, G Hutcheon (Sco) 67 68 68
204 T Remkes (Ned) 70 65 69, J Senior (Eng) 70 66 68, M Lorenzo-Vera  (Fra) 66 69 69, P McKechnie (Sco) 70 68 66, B Dredge (Wal) 67 69 68
205 M Tullo (Chi) 65 71 69, K Ferrie (Eng) 70 66 69
206 C Paisley  (Eng) 67 69 70, D Gaunt (Eng) 69 69 68, T Linard (Fra) 71 65 70, L Jensen (Den) 69 68 69, A Marshall (Eng) 74 64 68
207 D Coupland (Eng) 71 67 69, J Roos (RSA) 67 69 71, A Domingo (Esp) 72 67 68, A Dunbar (Nir) 69 69 69, P Dwyer (Eng) 72 66 69, D Ulrich (Sui) 71 67 69, A McArthur  (Sco) 72 67 68
208 S Little (Eng) 66 72 70, S Grant  (Irl) 67 70 71, B Hebert  (Fra) 70 69 69, J Lagergren (Swe) 72 67 69, W Besseling  (Ned) 70 67 71, W Harrold (Eng) 71 68 69
209 B An (Kor) 69 69 71, N Ravano (Ita) 70 68 71, O Wilson (Eng) 68 70 71, A Snobeck  (Fra) 71 68 70, D Law (Sco) 71 67 71
210 J Lando Casanova  (Fra) 70 69 71, M Orrin (Eng) 67 72 71, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 69 68 73, A Hortal  (Esp) 72 67 71, S Dodd (Wal) 72 66 72, T Sluiter  (Ned) 70 69 71, L Gagli  (Ita) 69 70 71
211 I Ellis (Eng) 67 72 72, T Nørret (Den) 66 72 73, G Houston (Wal) 68 70 73, L Corfield  (Eng) 66 72 73, J Stalter (Fra) 72 66 73
212 P Figueiredo  (Por) 69 69 74, R Coles (Eng) 66 73 73, R McEvoy  (Eng) 67 70 75, R Davies (Wal) 72 67 73, S Tiley (Eng) 72 67 73, S Hutsby  (Eng) 69 69 74
213 B Ritthammer (Ger) 69 69 75
214 M Haines  (Eng) 71 68 75

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SCOTS FINISH WELL IN ENGLISH STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

CRAIG ROSS 4TH, DANIEL YOUNG 5TH

IN BRABAZON TROPHY

Kirkhill's Craig Ross finished a creditable fourth in the English men's amateur stroke-play golf championship for the prestigious Brabazon Trophy over the Seaton Carew links at Hartlepool, County Durham today (Sat).

Ross, pictured, had rounds of 73, 70, 70 and 70 over the par-73 course for a nine-under-par total of 283.

He finished five shots behind the winner, Ben Stow (Rushmore) who clinched his one-shot victory with a closing round of 66 for 278.

Ashley Chester (Hawkstone Park), who also finished with a 66, and Ryan Evans (wellingborough) were joint runners-up on 279.
Perth's Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) tied for fifth place on 284, Greig Marchbank (Thornhill) was joint 10th on 287 and Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) finished joint 16th on 289.
Scott Gibson (Southerness) had a costly last round of 77 which pushed him down to joint 18th place on 290.
British boys champion Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden0 tied for 31st place on 295 after a final round of 78.
Conor Syme (Dumfries and Co) shared 42nd place on 297.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 292 (4x73)
278 Ben Stow (Rushmore) 69 68 75 66
279 Ashley Chesters (Hawkstone Park) 70 71 72 66, Ryan Evans (Wellingborough) 71 66 75 67
283 Craig Ross (Kirkhill) 73 70 70 70.
284 Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) 70 70 73 71, Gary Hurley (West Waterford) 71 72 75 66, Gavin Moynihan (The Island) 71 70 72 71.

SELECTED TOTALS
285 Cormac Sharvin (Ardglass) 70 72 70 73
287 Greig Marchbank (Thornhill) 73 72 70 72 (T10)
289 Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 70 76 72 71 (T16)
290 Scott Gibson (Southerness) 72 69 72 77 (T18)
295 Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) 74 72 71 78 (T31)
297 Connor Syme (Dumfries and Co) 76 71 74 76 (T42)

Late birdies see Stow pip his England pals

It requires something special to win major championships and Ben Stow delivered that aplenty to win the Brabazon Trophy in record style in front of a cheering crowd at Seaton Carew.

Birdies at the final two holes for a record-equalling 66 gave the Wiltshire man an aggregate of 278, 14 under par, and left him just a shot ahead of his England team-mates Ryan Evans and Ashley Chesters.

“This is an amazing feeling after an amazing round,” he said. “This is a massive win for me. Apart from the Amateur Championship it doesn’t come much bigger than to win this English title.

“Some days it is your day and it was mine today. I putted phenomenally. It just looked like the ball would drop in all day long. I had no idea how many I was under par but today was up there with some of the best golf I’ve ever played.”

Stow (image © Leaderboard Photography) is back from college in the United States but did his experience there help provide this triumph? “I won in South Carolina in a playoff and to have that experience certainly helped over those last few holes.”

The leaders certainly enjoyed the better conditions. The day began dull with a chilly wind but as the sun broke through to the birdies began to flow. Stow started tied on seven under with Evans and Ireland’s Cormac Sharvin, a Stirling student. But he took a grip early on with birdies at the first two holes, set a hot pace by going out in 30 strokes and was soon the man to chase.

His biggest threat seemed to come from Chesters. The European champion had three birdies in a front nine of 32 and after another at 11 he reeled off four-in-a-row from the 13th. That put him on 14 under and he might be the Brabazon champion now if it hadn’t been for a lone bogey at the par four 17th.
“I was between clubs and pulled my shot into heavy rough which proved costly,” he said. “But I holed a couple of key putts. The one for birdie at 15 from 50 feet was probably heading off the green until it dropped. Then at 16 I sank a 20-footer for birdie.
“I thought Ben, playing behind me, was also making birdies so I just tried to get as low as possible. If it wasn’t for that bogey at 17 that was the best round I’ve played.  
"When I won the European I shot 65, seven under, and didn’t hit a bad shot. But there were one or two iffy ones today.”

Evans, who had seven birdies in his 67, was naturally disappointed but he paid tribute to his team-mate. “Hats off to Ben, it was a great finish by him,” he said. “Coming down the last I heard the cheering but I didn’t know if it was Ben or Craig Ross had holed for birdie.

“If I had shot 67 anywhere else I’d expect to win but if someone had offered me second place before the start I’d have taken it. “I felt it was going to be my week but not winning could put me out of the running for a place in the Eisenhower Trophy team. That’s important but we’ll have to see.”

Scotland’s Craig Ross maintained his good form by returning a closing 70 for 283, nine under par, for fourth place while his compatriot Daniel Young was one of three in fifth on 284.

Apart from Stow and Chesters, there was another 66 produced by Irish international Gary Hurley which saw him storm through the field and also finish in joint fifth place. 

“The felt more comfortable on the greens today,” he said. “They were less were more receptive after the rain and I managed to hole a few putts.”

The 21 year old from West Waterford certainly did, finding an eagle on the 11th to go with his seven birdies.

England’s Michael Saunders finished in equal 12th place on 288 and won the Scrutton Jug for the best aggregate from the Brabazon and Berkshire Trophies, while Ireland’s Moynihan, the other to finish fifth, collected the Henriques Salver for the best performance by a player from Britain and Ireland aged under 20.

Results, championship images and tournament news can be found on the Brabazon Trophy webpage.    

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England Golf
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EDITORS’ NOTES

COLTART'S MASTERLY MOVE, ROSS, FORREST, McDONALD WIN

SCOTS INSPIRE EUROPE STUDENTS

TO THRASH USA IN PALMER CUP

A Scottish-inspired Europe team thrashed United States 8 1/2-1 1/2 in the final set of singles to win the Palmer Cup, the students' equivalent of the Ryder Cup, by a 18 1/2-11 1/2 margin at Walton Heath Golf Club, Surrey today (Saturday).

It was an astonishing landslide victory after the sides had been locked together at 10-10 going into the last day programme of 10 singles ties.

Europe team head coach Andrew Coltart decided to put two of the three Scots in his

line-up, James Ross (Royal Burgess) and Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) at the top of his batting order - and the move paid off big time.

Ross and Forrest both won by 3 and 2 after leading throughout their matches.

The good news spread down through the rest of the matches and lifted the Scots'

team-mates to produce their best performances when needed most.

Irishman Paul Dunne won by one hole to put the Europeans 3pt ahead.

England's Louis Tomlinson lost to the world's top ranked male amateur, Ollie Schniederjans by 5 and 3, which proved to be the American's only Saturday success.
Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie), the third Scot in Coltart's team, quickly restored Europe's 3pt lead with a 2 and 1 win.

There were further European wins by Thomas Detry (Belgium), Jon Rahm (Spain),, Erik Oja (Sweden) and Ricardo Gouveia (Portugal).
Pep Angles (Spain) halved the last tie.
RESULTS:
EUROPE 18 1/2, UNITED STATES 11 1/2
Saturday singles: Europe 8 1/2, USA 1 1/2
Europe names first
James Ross (Sco) bt Brandon Hagy 3 and 2.
Grant Forrest (Sco) bt Trey Mullinax 3 and 2.
Paul Dunne (Ire) bt Robby Shelton 1 hole
Louis Tomlinson (Eng) lost to Olli8e Schniederjans 5 and 3.
Jack McDonald (Sco) bt Bryson Dechambeau 2 and 1.
Thomas Detry (Bel) bt Jack Maguire 4 and 3.
Jon Rahm (Spa) bt Wyndham Clark 4 and 2.
Erik Oja (Swe) bt Anthony Maccaglia 3 and 2.
Ricardo Gouveia (Por) bt Stewart Jolly 3 and 1.
Pep Angles (Spa) halved with Rico Hoey.


ROSS STARTS EUROPE'S TIDAL WAVE FROM THE PALMER CUP WEBSITE
Europe dominated final day singles matches of the Palmer Cup at Walton Heath - claiming 8.5 of 10 points - to defeat the United States, 18.5-11.5. Europe has won the last two Palmer Cups staged in Europe. The United States leads the all-time Palmer Cup series, 9-8-1.
James Ross began the European tidal wave with a 3 and 2 victory over Brandon Hagy. Ross won the first hole and led throughout. He held a 4-up advantage on three ocassions.
Grant Forrest made it back-to-back matches for the Scottish contingent when he downed Trey Mullinax, 3 and 2. Forrest took the first hole but Mullinax squared the match thru No. 6. Forrest won three straight starting at No. 12, the last two by birdie.
The United States lone victory was Ollie Schniederjans over Louis Tomlinson, 5 and 3. Schniederjans went 1-up after the first and was 3-up thru 5. Tomlinson moved the match to all square after posting birdie-birdie-par beginning at the sixth hole. Schniederjans took the lead for the duration at No. 9. He won Nos. 11, 13, 14 and 15 to close the match.
Thomas Detry reignited the European winning streak beating Jack Maguire 4 and 3. Maguire held the lead for three holes after a birdie on No. 3. Detry moved ahead after a birdie at the seventh. Wins at Nos. 10, 13 and 15 closed the match for Detry.
Jack McDonald defeated Bryson Dechambeau, 2 and 1. McDonald claimed Nos. 2 and 3 to move to 2-up. Dechambeau shaved the lead to 1-up thru 6 and moved into the lead with wins at Nos. 8 and 9. McDonald evened with birdie at No. 10 but a Dechambeau birdie at No. 12 moved him back ahead. McDonald took the next two holes for a 1-up advantage and closed out the match with a birdie on No. 17.
Paul Dunne survived an early surge by America’s Robby Shelton to win 1-up. Shelton claimed the first two holes before Dunne won Nos. 4-6 with a birdie-par-birdie stretch to take a 1-up lead. Another birdie-birdie stretch put him 3-up thru No. 9 but Shelton responded by winning the next two holes. Another set of back-to-back birdies by Dunne at 11 and 12 moved him back to 3-up before Shelton went birdie-birdie-par to go all square thru 17. Dunne closed the match by winning No. 18.
Jon Rahm clinched the match for Europe with a 4 and 2 victory against Wyndham Clark. Clark won the first but Rahm evened the match the next hole. Rahm took a brief lead a thru 7 but Clark won the next with birdie. Rahm took the lead for good winning back-to-back at Nos. 9 and 10. He moved to 3-up after both 12 and 14 and closed the match out at No. 16.
Sweden’s Erik Oja defeated Anthony Maccaglia 3 and 2. Maccaglia led early in the match and went 2-up after winning Nos. 3 and 4. Oja claimed the next two holes before the American and European players traded wins for a status of all square thru 8. Maccaglia again took a 2-up lead after taking Nos. 10 and 11 before Oja respond by winning five-straight holes to close out the match.
Ricardo Gouveia downed Stewart Jolly, 3 and 2, in a match he never trailed. He held a couple of 1-up leads early in the match but took control with a 3-up lead by winning Nos. 9-11. He led by as many as 4-up thru 13 before settling for the 3 and 2 win.
Pep Angles and Rico Hoey halved the final match. Angles won the third hole to take an early lead and stayed ahead for 10 of the next 12 holes. Hoey took his only lead of the match after a birdie-birdie-par stretch beginning at No. 14. Angles moved the match back to all square with a birdie at No. 17. The pair halved the final hole.
Ricardo Gouveia of Almancil, Portugal, and Rico Hoey of Rancho Cucamonga, California, were named recipients of the Michael Carter Award which is presented to the Palmer Cup participant that best represents the qualities and ideals sportsmanship, integrity and upholding of the game.

JOSH JAMIESON LEADS BY ONE WITH A FIVE-UNDER 66

 EAST OF SCOTLAND OPEN

LUNDIN GOLF CLUB

FIRST ROUND
CSS Score : 72
Course Par : 71

66 Josh Jamieson (St Andrews New) 
67 Lawrence Allan (Alva), Chris Robb (Meldrum House).
68 Ryan Campbell (Falkirk)
69 Lewis Bain (Turnhouse), John Duff (Newmachar),Dan Lawrence (Ballumbie Castle), Nick Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen), Alasdair McDougall (Elderslie)
70 Greg Smail (Craigielaw), Anthony Blaney (Liberton), Greg Watson (Dunaverty), Ronnie Clark (Erskine), Daniel Kay (Dunbar)
71 Malcolm Pennycott (Whiting Bay, Arran), William Bremner (Edzell), Kyle Godsman (Moray), George Burns (Williamwood), Alex Moir (Thornton), Jeff Wright (Forres), Brian Soutar (Leven GS). Martin Rohwer (S Africa).
72
 Chris Low (Tantallon), Stewart Whiteford (Lundin), Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire Co)
73 Robert Johnson (Helensburgh), Paul Reilly (Kilmacolm), Ross Brydon (Bruntsfield Links), Scott Grant (Downfield), Greg Wishart (Lundin), Christopher Maclean (Balmore), Connor Neil (Blairgowrie), Ryan White (Leven GS), John Douglas (Aberdour)
74 Sandy Scott (Nairn),  Greg Forrester (Lundin),  Angus Carrick (Douglas Park), Alistair Hain (St Andrews), Tom Spencer (Meldrum House), James Bunch (Prestwick)
75 Scott Meiklejohn (Lundin), Kenny Gallacher (East Kilbride), Mark Anderson (Leven Th), Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs), John Mathers (Haggs Castle).
76 Matthew Miller (Lundin), Andrew Campbell (Dumbarton), Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire), Michael Smyth (Royal Troon), Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm)
77 Willem Kerr (Craigielaw), Ewan Davidson (Charleton), David Mitchell jun (Leven Th), Tom Watson (S Africa)
78 Jordan Shaw (Boat of Garten), Ben Murray (Portlethen), Fraser Moore (Glenbervie), Alan Sutherland (Ladybank).
79 Fraser Thain (West Linton).
80 Andrew Davidson (Charleton), Oliver Roberts (Hong Kong)
81 Jake Hogg (St Andrews New), Ross McEwan (Troon Welbeck).
82 Calum McAndrew (Germany), David Wilson (Troon Welbeck)l Maurice de L'Isle (Aruba)
84 Calum MacDougall (Scoonie).
No Return: Jamie Aitken (Dollar)

CHALLENGE MATCH TREAT FOR ABERDEEN GOLF FANS

PAUL LAWRIE v PAUL McGINLEY at

P L GOLF CENTRE, MONDAY, JULY 7

 

NEWS RELEASE

The second edition of the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Challenge will take place at 1pm at Paul’s Golf Centre, at Ardoe on the South Deeside Road, on Monday^, July 7.

 Following the success of the inaugural Match between Paul and Jose Maria Olazabal last August,  this year’s event has been arranged to coincide with the coming of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open to Royal Aberdeen GC.

2014 Ryder Cup Captain Paul McGinley, pictured above, accepted Paul’s invitation to provide the opposition in this year’s event and will attempt to do what his predecessor was unable to by beating the host.  Those fans able to attend this free spectator event at Paul’s Golf Centre will be hoping for a similarly dramatic opening to proceedings as in 2013 – Paul holed his first shot on the first hole!

The Aberdeen Oilmen’s Golf Association (AOGA) will again make a donation to Paul’s Foundation following their annual golf event at Gleneagles.  A presentation from Paul Lawrie will also be made to McGinley in support of his charitable activities. 

 

 

 

 

MONTY THREE UNDER PAR BUT ONLY TIED 32nd

• BERNHARD LANGER LEADS BY TWO
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  • FROM THE US CHAMPIONS TOUR WEBSITE
    By Vartan Kupelian, PGATOUR.COM
• Bernhard Langer followed up his first-round 65 with a 64 on Friday at Fox Chapel Golf Club. (Chris Condon/PGA TOUR)

Doug Garwood shot 67 Friday in the second round of the Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship – and lost ground at Fox Chapel Golf Club, Pittsburgh.
Bernhard Langer, the leader, Bill Glasson, John Riegger and Michael Allen all shot 64s. Kenny Perry shot 63.
Colin Montgomerie has shot 69-68 for three-under 137 and is T32: the scoring is low on the Champions Tour!
Langer added his 64 to an opening 65 and is at 11-under 129, a pair of shots better than Garwood and Glasson, with Riegger, Allen, Joe Durant (68) and Mark McNulty (66) another shot back. Perry, the defending champion, is at 133.
Garwood, 51, may be new to the Champions Tour but he’s been around long enough to know what he’s up against. That may have something to do with his it-is-what-it-is approach.
“I really don't have goals or expectations as far as the rest of the tournament,” Garwood said after posting 131. “I stay in the now pretty much and just deal with what's right in front of me. Not even thinking about the weekend yet.”
In front of Langer after his torrid round was a trip to the equipment van to get his go-to driver repaired. After hitting a solid drive off the 18th tee, Langer heard an unwelcomed noise.
“As I picked up my tee I heard it rattle in my driver head and I'm going, ‘Wow, what's the rattling for?’ ” he said. 
“I grabbed the head, it was loose, so something broke inside the screw that holds the shaft in. I think that's broken. I don't know yet. I have to go and see the tour rep down there or the guy that repairs the clubs and see if he can fix that one or I have to go to my backup driver.”
Perry played alongside Langer – they had a better ball 30-30—60. Langer had five birdies and an eagle; Perry made seven birdies.
“I don't know if they're going to be able to fix that driver so it may give us a shot,” Perry said. “(Langer’s) playing flawless golf. The only reason he made bogey on that 14th hole, he had a mud ball that shot it way left of the green. He's hitting it perfect, so he's going to be a hard man to catch. I'm going to have to keep shooting 62s to catch him.”
Langer’s round featured an eagle-2 on the seventh hole where he holed a 30-yard pitch shot on the 299-yard par 4.
Garwood was beaten in a playoff at the Principal Charity Classic earlier this season when Tom Pernice Jr. birdied the second extra hole. Last week, Garwood finished fourth at the Encompass Championship. A two-time All-American at Fresno State, Garwood never reached the PGA TOUR. His play-for-pay was limited to mini-tours. He has been the breakthrough performer this year on the Champions Tour.
Garwood insists he has no specific goals, a sentiment belied by the fact that he keeps giving himself chances to win.
“I've always believed the lower the expectation, the easier it is to meet," he said. "There's enough pressure just being out there with all the hoopla. So I just go out and try to shoot my best ... it just kind of happens.”
While the Langers, Perrys and Allens expect to win every time they tee it up on the Champions Tour, Garwood is content to take what he gets.
“Every day's like Disney Land for me,” he said. “Finishing second (in Des Moines), I guess it was disappointing that I didn't win, but if you would have told me at the beginning of the week, hey, you're going to finish second in this event and win 150 grand, I think I would have taken it. So I just looked at the positives.”

LEADERBOARD
Par 140 (2x70) Players from USA unless stated
129 Bernhard Langer (Germany) 65 64
131 Doug Garwood 64 67, Bill Glasson 67 64
132 John Riegger 68 64, Michael Allen 68 64, Joe Durant 64 68, Mark McNulty (Ireland) 66 66

SELECTED SCORES
135 Barry Lane (England) 66 69 (T16)
136 Tom Lehman 67 69 (T20)
138 Colin Montgomerie (Scotland) 69 68 (T32)
143 Roger Chapman (England) 73 70 (T62)
145 Sandy Lyle (Scotland) 72 73 (T70)
146 Mark Mouland (Wales) 71 75 (76th) 

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GUNN MISSES CUT IN INDIANA

Dornoch exile Jimmy Gunn missed the cut by four shots in this week's Web.com Tour event, the United Leasing Championship at Victoria National Golf Club, Newburgh in the state of Indiana.
Gunn, who had two 7s in his first round, finished with scores of 74 and 75 for 149.
The cut was 145 and better qualified for the weekend action.
LEADERBOARD
Par 144 (2x72)
135 Tony Finau 71 64 
137 Alexandre Rocha 68 69, Mark Hubbard 69 68, Ryan Armour 70 67

SELECTED SCORES
140 Greg Owen (England) 73 67 (T13)
141 David Skinns (England) 73 68 (T22)

MISSED THE CUT (145 and better qualified)
149 Jimmy Gunn (Scotland) 74 75

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FOUR SHARE LEAD AFTER TIGER WOODS MISSES CUT

• The Upshot: Aussies overpowering Congressional

  • FROM THE US PGA TOUR WEBSITE
    By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM
• Oliver Goss is bombing it at Congressional, averaging 323.1 yards per drive during the first two rounds. (Jeff Haynes/Getty Images)

BETHESDA, Maryland -- Earlier this week, Oliver Goss tried to make his way into the clubhouse at Congressional Country Club only to have a security guard turn him away because he didn't have the proper credentials.
Try as he might, the 20-year-old Aussie couldn't convince the authorities he wasn't spectating, he was actually playing in the Quicken Loans National. Maybe now the guard will believe him, though.
After all, on Saturday, Goss will be playing in the final group with another Aussie, Marc Leishman, both owning a share of the lead with the two men in the penultimate group, Patrick Reed and Ricky Barnes. 
Both Goss and Leishman got to 6 under with 66s in the second round. 
"The security guy was like,'Hey, where's your credential,' " Goss recalled. "I said, 'I don't have a credential, but I'm a player and I've got an exemption.' He said, 'Well, I can't let you in.' I was like, 'I'm a player, though.'
"Still wasn't good enough for him, which shows just how good the security is around here. ... I got a credential now so I'm all set."
The security guard could be forgiven for not knowing who Goss was, though.
He left Tennessee after his second year and is playing in just his second US PGA TOUR event as a pro this week after missing the cut last week at the Travelers Championship. 
Shoot, not even Leishman, who is also from Australia, knows Goss very well.
"I haven't had a whole lot to do with him," acknowledged Leishman, who is 10 years his elder. "I spoke to him a little bit last week, actually, at the Travelers. We have a practice round lined up next week at the Greenbrier so I get to spend a bit more time with him there. 
"But who knows, we might have a tee time on the weekend."

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Leishman had just finished his round Friday morning when he uttered those words. Little did he know what a high-profile spot the two Aussies would be in a little more than 24 hours later.
Goss, who did some sightseeing in Washington, D.C., earlier this week and was stunned by the size of the Washington Monument, won an event on the PGA TOUR of Australasia as an amateur two years ago. He was runner-up at last year's U.S. Amateur, too, and survived the cut at the Masters to win low am honours.
This is different, though. Or, is it?
"The main difference is you're playing against the best in the world," Goss said. "The depth is just crazy. Obviously, you're playing for a purse, and honestly, I really don't feel that much different out there. 
"You're still playing the game of golf, and that's all I'm really feeling at the moment." 

 SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 142 (2x71)
Players from USA unless stated
136 Marc Leishman (Australia) 70 66, Oliver Goss (Australia) 70 66, Ricky Barnes 67 69, Patrick Reid 68 68
137 Hudson Swafford 69 68, Stuart Appleby (Australia) 70 67
138 Morgan Hoffman 70 68, Freddie Jacobson (sweden) 67 71, Billy Horschel 70 68, George McNeill 69 69.
139 Justin Rose (England) 74 65, Brendon de jonge (Zimbabwe) 71 68  (T11)

SELECTED SCORES
140 Russell Knox (Scotland) 73 67 (T13)
145 Brian Davis (England) 72 73 (T67)

MISSED THE CUT (145 and better qualified)
146 Jason Day (Australia) 73 73

147 Martin Laird (Scotland) 75 72 (T86)
149 Ernie Els (S Africa) 73 76, Tiger Woods 74 75 (T104). 


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